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Company One Artistic Director and co-founder Shawn LaCount is reliable on two counts. He is always well capped in what's become his trademark hats and his theater company will always take audiences in fresh and uncharted directions. As a director this summer, he turned the Roberts Studio at the BCA into a real wrestling ring for his intensely sharp "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity."

Later this month he directs the regional premiere of "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," which starred Robin Williams on Broadway last year. Here he's Caught in the Act with Jared Bowen talking about what propels him…including "Little Shop of Horrors."

Whether you try film or theater this weekend, an array of talented stars and performers will transport you back in time and conjure up the scenes, the intrigue and drama that occurred in some of the darker hours of our past. Read More

Ben Affleck’s latest film foray as director and star opens in theaters tomorrow, and he recently confessed to me that he tends to find directing agonizing.

When it comes to directing, Ben Affleck is not a confident man. His new film Argo tells the madcap, real-life story of a mission to rescue six Americans during the 1979 seize of the US Embassy in Tehran.Read More

There was a time that the Worcester Art Museum was considered one of this country’s best, but as that city’s luster faded, so did the museum’s. Now it’s coming into prominence once again, however, as a new director with ties to one of the world’s greatest museums takes hold.

It is a shame that for so long, praise for the Worcester Art Museum has gone unsung. It is, without question, world class. The Roman Mosaic in its Renaissance Court is the largest in the Western Hemisphere. Its colonial portraits are by far the oldest. It has the second largest Paul Revere silver collection and a first rate assemblage of European masters.Read More

BOSTON — How people respond to situations is the fodder for both hilarity and contemplation. Here are three very different ways to observe those moments of decision that can make matters worse, or prove that sometimes we humans are capable of doing what's right.